What the records say
- When
- 12 Sep 1939 – 22 Sep 1939
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 49.84° N, 24.03° E
- Description
- Lwów besieged by Germany during the Invasion of Poland of 1939 at the outbreak of World War II
- War
- World War II
Battle of Lwów (1939)
Battle for control of the Polish city of Lwów
The Battle of Lwów was a World War II battle for the control over the formerly Polish city of Lwów between the Polish Army and the invading Wehrmacht and the Red Army. The city was seen as the key to the so-called Romanian Bridgehead and was defended at all costs.
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